DIRECTIONS:Put all ingredients in a blender with ice and blend. Simple right? If your protein is vanilla flavored, another trick would be to use instant coffee, and just enough hot water to dissolve that. Cool it with a few ice cubes (so it doesn't warm up the cold milk or ice cubes) then add it to the rest of the ingredients!

It is a love, hate relationship. I love that Violet (V) is an independent eater and I hate it all in the same sentence. Yay! I can do other mom things while she eats or even “eat” with her. Boo! The mess. The mom struggle you guys. Click the link below to learn my three tips to sneaking protein into your picky eater's diet.

It's no surprise that this space has been quiet over the last part of 2016. Since the summer, my life - offline, has really zapped all of my energy. At my job, I've been really busy taking on new roles, new initiatives and developing and implementing new processes which includes an entirely new onboarding process for new hires. That was a big run-on sentence. :| Moving on...

Click that button below to get the scoop on 4 things you can do when you're ready to come back from a hiatus.

Sometimes I start to wonder what my next move will be in my business. What the next step is to enhance my brand; to set it apart from the rest; to cultivate my brand’s uniqueness. Have you ever been there? Please say I’m not alone.

The online world is fast paced, and it is imperative that we are always putting ourselves out there and making the world aware of our brand.

If you are in a plateau in your business and are wondering what you can do to extend your brand’s reach, and give it a boost, keep reading. We’ll be covering three different ways that you can boost your brand’s awareness and extend its reach beyond your current audience and customers.

Not only is starting a business scary, sometimes there is risk involved. The beauty of online business is that there are so many tools to get you started that are absolutely free to use. If you are juicing all the free tools, that's awesome. Been there, done that. Super helpful.

However, sometimes you just need to bite the bullet and start investing in yourself and your business if you want to see growth and results.

Before I started She Builds back in December 2015, I was a use all the free tools type of girl. I knew when I started this site I was going to need to financially invest in it if I was going to take it seriously and if I wanted any type of return to come out of it. Not balls to the walls, throw my life savings into it type of investment. But I needed to give a little to get a little, you know what I mean?